Wii Fit!

[yendi]

As some of you know, we've been trying to get a Wii Fit for ages, but not willing to pay the exorbitant markups that the Ebay and Amazon resellers sell it for.

Amazon "limits" buyers to three at a time when they get them in stock, which is horseshit, since that just means that the resellers buy three at time (or end-users buy one, then buy two more to resell and make their Wii Fit effectively free). Even the stores that limit purchases to one sell out the second they arrive.

But a little over two weeks ago, littlebuhnee noticed that they were listed in some of her book clubs. Since I still have a Sci-Fi book club (home of the Alien Sybian) membership sitting unused, I logged in, and there it was!

Of course, being the SFBC, it took three weeks, but yesterday, a shiny new Wii Fit showed up on our doorstep!

Thanks to Wii Fit, I've determined that I'm incapable of hitting virtual soccer balls with my head, although I'm damned good at getting smacked in the face with virtual flying panda heads. And it's good to be aware of your limits.

The game itself is damned neat; I've only done about ten minutes of working out so far, but I'm impressed by the interface and the actual exercises. The minigames are also effective, and unlike, say, Wii Sports, the games are aimed at making me work out, not leaving me in pain for days.

Comments

[littlebuhnee.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! Glad I was able to help you get one. :D

[laurel]

Have had our Wii Fit now for about 40 days and we love it. I acquired it from Best Buy's website, thanks to an alert from WiiAlerts.com just in case anyone reading this is still searching for a Wii or Wii Fit or related stuff.

I've achieved a perfect score on both levels of soccer heading in Wii Fit. Damn right, I'm proud! kaustin is amazed. Though he has heard me swear about panda heads many many times. I love how when I'm doing that activity, the Wii Fit shows Kevin's Mii as the ref or whatever who stands there watching me with arms crossed. Kevin likes to stand in that same pose and then turn as if to the group of people sending stuff my way and say: "More Panda Heads!"

[jerel.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

I guess it would be worse if you were getting hit in the face with actual panda heads...

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

I recommend doing a lot of the yoga and "strength exercizes" (actually mild calisthenics) to unlock more of them. And when they recommend a corresponding exercize from the other category, do them.

Leave the "aerobics" for the end of your half-hour work-out, as your balance will probably be shot (especially as you just get started).

The "balance" games are just that: games. But if you find that they encourage you to exercize more often, all the better. Just don't mentally include their time in the "Wii Bank".